PG Cruiser

As far as Freedom is concerned, I can confirm that the coffee card purchased from another ship is accepted, no questions asked. They did not even ask for my SeaPass card or any other ID.

There’s a much cheaper coffee card for that. I bought mine on the Allure and am now using leftover allocations on Freedom.

My friends’ itinerary was changed from Cozumel to Nassau and Coco Cay

It depends on why you are traveling solo - time alone or meet new people? For time alone, you have the dining options and the sightseeing excursions. When it’s my first time in a port/destination, I usually book the “Best of” types of tours. If it’s to meet new people, you can start with joining the Trivia games, dance classes, club events, and of course, checking out the bars.

They’re also cancelling or changing Cozumel sailings

The Cruise Planner has been glitchy for some sailings. For the UDP, it shows it as available and then shows it as unavailable when you order it. At other times, when you “Plan Your Cruise” for some sailings, it sends you on an endless loop of signing in and out. This doesn’t happen for other sailings.

I’m on the Freedom right now having the UDP for the first time. While I am enjoying the specialty dining experience, I’m missing the special “bond” with the waiter/assistant waiter at the MDR. I’ve been getting so stuffed during the main meal times that I haven’t even used my UDP for Johnny Rockets and Playmakers.

This is what I did while having lunch at Giovanni’s on Day 1, while waiting for the room to be available. Note however that this was a Monday-Friday sailing. One might have a different experience for the busier weekend sailings

Yes

Just keep trying. I got mine for November after week of trying. Tonight I also got the UDP for the Wonder Inaugural... Yay!!! Patience Plue Persistence Pays!!! (alliteration intended)

This is my first time driving to Port Miami. I’ve always taken airport transfers and I didn’t pay attention to the routes.

Waze was originally taking me through the tunnel but I missed turns here and there. I was rerouted to Port Blvd.

These rallyists were not walking, they were lying on the road. Not that many but they still blocked the entrance. I panicked a bit because the cop told me there was no other way into the port. Good thing I asked another cop who told me about the tunnel. Persistence pays ha ha

On the news today, they’re reporting 16 Americans and 1 Canadian have been kidnapped in Haiti. I think this will drive the proverbial nail in the Labadee stops.

I found restarting to app very helpful in dealing with glitchy behavior

Titanic of the Seas (There's a book.... I checked)

When I got tested today, the lady at CVS told me that they are changing the 14-day period for booking appointments for testing. She said it's now just one day before the scheduled test. The "no-shows" caused them to change their policy. EDIT: I tried making a mock booking on the CVS website. The 14-day period is still on.

I called Royal this morning, asking why Labadee was still on my itinerary for the Odyssey November 15th. The answer was, "Yes, it's still there." No amount of pursuing my inquiry could change the answer - "Labadee is still in your itinerary."

I'm not a desserts guy myself. With the Prix Fixe, my waiter at Izumi let me get another starter instead of a dessert item. I got the Shrimp & Vegetable Tempura.

How does the free play at the casino work?

In a way, this scares me as a cruiser. When the demand for these tests goes so low, the pharmacies will phase them out. I'm afraid this will limit our options for pre-cruise testing. I hope the testing requirements for cruising will have been relaxed or even totally eliminated by that time.

Have they ever run out of parking spaces at Port Miami?

I thought scheduling three COVID test appointments was overkill. Turns out it was a wise thing to do based on recent posts to this thread.

At Samba, I had multiple portions of the meats I liked.